Location
On the eastern wall of the Holy Martyrs Chapel (see Cathedral Plan).
Memorial
Inscription 1
Inscription 2
Portrait of Charles Ford
Inscription 1
Inscription 2
Portrait of Charles Ford
Inscription 1
Inscription 2
IN MEMORY OF RICHARD WILLIAM FORD
MAYOR OF PORTSMOUTH 1865. CLERK OF THE
PEACE OF THE BOROUGH 1880-1900. FIRST CHAIR
MAN FROM 1884 TO THE CLOSE OF HIS LIFE
IN 1900 OF THE PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH HANTS
EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY WHICH LARGELY
OWES ITS EXISTENCE TO HIS UNTIRING EFFORTS
ALSO IN MEMORY OF EMMA FORD
THIS NICHE WAS RESTORED AND BEAUTIFIED BY THE
ELDEST SON CHARLES IN 1906
MAYOR OF PORTSMOUTH 1865. CLERK OF THE
PEACE OF THE BOROUGH 1880-1900. FIRST CHAIR
MAN FROM 1884 TO THE CLOSE OF HIS LIFE
IN 1900 OF THE PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH HANTS
EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY WHICH LARGELY
OWES ITS EXISTENCE TO HIS UNTIRING EFFORTS
ALSO IN MEMORY OF EMMA FORD
THIS NICHE WAS RESTORED AND BEAUTIFIED BY THE
ELDEST SON CHARLES IN 1906
Inscription 2
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
IN MEMORY OF LT-COL: CHARLES FORD V.D.
SOLICITOR DIED 4 FEB 1918 AGED 72
HIS ASHES REPOSE BEHIND THIS TABLET
A ZEALOUS PATRIOT AND BY HIS WILL A
BENEFACTOR TO THE PORTSMOUTH EYE
& EAR HOSPITAL AND OTHER CHARITIES
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE BY HIS BROTHERS AND SISTER
"BLESSINGS ARE UPON THE HEAD OF THE JUST"
IN MEMORY OF LT-COL: CHARLES FORD V.D.
SOLICITOR DIED 4 FEB 1918 AGED 72
HIS ASHES REPOSE BEHIND THIS TABLET
A ZEALOUS PATRIOT AND BY HIS WILL A
BENEFACTOR TO THE PORTSMOUTH EYE
& EAR HOSPITAL AND OTHER CHARITIES
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE BY HIS BROTHERS AND SISTER
"BLESSINGS ARE UPON THE HEAD OF THE JUST"
Further Information
There are plaques to Richard and Emma Ford in St Peters and St Pauls Church, Wymering; both are buried in the adjoining cemetery. A further plaque, formerly in the Royal Garrison Church, is currently (2006) at the English Heritage store in Fort Brockhurst. The latter page contains more detailed information about the Ford Family.
The surviving brothers and sister of Charles Ford who erected the lower plaque were Archibold Henry Ford (Architect, 1846-1930), General Sir Richard William Ford RAMC (1857-1925), Emma Beatrice Garrington (1856-??) and possibly Dr. Arthur Vernon Ford (1854-1918).
